No man has ever risen to the real stature of spiritual manhood until he has found that it is finer to serve somebody else than it is to serve himself.
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Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the Field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere -- so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive -- that they better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.
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In the Lords prayer, the first petition is for daily bread; no one can worship God, or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
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Here is a great body of our Jewish citizens from whom have sprung men of genius in every walk of our varied life; men who have conceived of its ideals with singular clearness; and led enterprises with sprit & sagacity... They are not Jews in America, they are American citizens.
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I could have spoken from Rhode Island where I have been staying ... But I felt that, in speaking from the house of Lincoln, of Jackson, and of Wilson, my words would better convey both the sadness I feel in the action I was compelled today to make and the firmness with which I intend to pursue this course until the orders of the federal court at Little Rock can be executed without unlawful interference. (On sending troops to enforce integration in Little Rock AR High School)
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Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel.... We are not trying to keep out of trouble; we are trying to p...
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America lives in the heart of every man everywhere who wishes to find a region where he will be free to work out his destiny as he chooses.
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A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
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There will be no greater burden on our generation than to organize the forces of liberty in our time in order to make our quest of a new freed...
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A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday, does not know what it is today, nor what it is trying to do. We are trying to do a futile thing if we do not know where we came from or what we have been about.
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Changing a college curriculum is like moving a graveyard--you never know how many friends the dead have until you try to move them!
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One cool judgment is worth a dozen hasty councils. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.
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There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight; there is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by force that it is right.
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Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
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I fancy that it is just as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you as when they are shooting at you
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No nation is fit to sit in judgement upon any other nation.
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The plight of the children on board this ship serves as a timely reminder that slavery and bondage are still realities in the world.
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I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately triumph than to triumph in a cause that will ultimately fail.
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Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.
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There is no question what the roll of honor in America is. The roll of honor consists of the names of men who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.
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I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.
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...it is as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you as when they are shooting at you.
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There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.
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Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul; the blue prints of your ultimate achievements
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One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty councils. The thing is to supply light and not heat
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If you know somebody is going to be awfully annoyed by something you write, that's obviously very satisfying, and if they howl with rage or cry, that's honey.
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I am not sure that it is of the first importance that you should be happy. Many an unhappy man has been of deep service to himself and to the world.
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If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
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I used to be a lawyer, but now I am a reformed character.
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I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
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